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Charles Huff leaving Marshall for Sourhern Miss is baffling to me. Anyone know what went down there internally?

I don’t disagree with general premise of this, but coaches (at least head coaches) are penalized for this in the form of contract buyouts. Yes I know it’s customary for hiring school to pay them, but still a technical hurdle. No sort of detriment to the student athlete comes to mind offhand.

Dueces.

Worth noting that Charlotte now has the AAC money, which is probably best among the G5. A better example might be Nick Toth (Moorheads’s original DC hire) leaving us to take a positional coaching job at Air Force before he even started.

74-0 in a state championship game is absolutely insane.

We should get Myles Walker back as well (who earned the #1 jersey in summer workouts this year). And then there's the potential of Alex Adams, but can't count on him being available based on the past 2 years..

That sucks. One thing I'll offer though is that we beat Toledo without him recording a single catch.

Go for bad basketball, leave with a DUI.

It happened with Ali Ali here and Peyton Sparks at Ball St off the top of my head. OU had a bball player come back from Xavier as well a few years ago. Only going to become and more common.

On phone, so can't post graphics, but we ended up with: CJ Nunnally and Avery Book 1st team all MAC. AD Norton and Bryan McCoy 2nd team all MAC. Paul Lewis III 3rd team all MAC. Snubbed - Garrison Smith

I think we are in general agreement on the OL. Tackle is a large concern, but I am comfortable our interior OL rotation Morris/Williams/Davis/Seymore/Lyons/Mitchell. Might be an upgrade to find there, but it is not a weakness like tackle is IMO.

I'm sure there will be more transfer portal (TP) movement, but as things currently stand: Brought in 4 OL, 3 of which were true freshman. I think they'll plan to try King at OT, but I'd like at least one more. Didn't see much to be excited about from our back up tackles. I'm content with our interior OL. I'm good with the WR corps. I'm good with the QB room. I think we need another RB. Probably TP route, but could live with high schooler as both Williams and Patrick have potential behind Simmons. I think you still have to bring in like 4 more TP DL players. 2 DT and 2 DE. Dall is the only one currently on the team I'm comfortable with relying on a lot next year. Good with LBs Good with CBs/Nickels I'd add a TP safety. Like David and Anderson, but want somebody to compete with them a little bit. Backups are unproven. Scholarship chart based on what we currently know shows 9 non-special teams schollies available with maybe 7 real needs per the above? Also have the opportunity to maybe suggest some players who aren't working out to move on and create more opportunities to add valuable players. Zips Football Scholarship Chart.xlsx

First time in a few years no surprise signings.

We do this every year. He may leave, but hope not. Hasn’t yet.

Don’t think I’ve seen Scott in tonight.

University leaders would rather dress Zippy up like Barbie

Tavari has taken a lot of criticism on here, but he deserves credit for stepping up and being consistent so far this season. Unsure how long he’ll hold Young off, but if he doesn’t, that’s more of a credit to Young because he’s really freaking good.

Another big loss…

Agree 100%.

Yep. Why even recruit high schoolers if they just try to leave after 1-2 years of production?

Marcus Moore in the portal…

Don’t know why, but I was thinking all of Nunnally, Adler, and Richards were seniors. Would be sweet if we got Nunnally back. I think Dall has the capability to step in and Cheatom at minimum be a rotational player, but Dall showed me a lot more this season.

@catdaddyp safe to assume everyone who walked at senior day is planning for 2024 to be their last season? Can’t remember their names, but recalled seeing a few Redshirt Jrs/players I though might have another year of eligibility be recognized.

He definitely could’ve been more committal, but I took it as more of a pragmatic answer, not like he’d actively look or consider moving on.

What a win and way to cap off the 2024 season.